Effect of folate deficiency on mutations at the hprt locus in Chinese hamster ovary cells exposed to monofunctional alkylating agents

Cancer Research

Volumn 57, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 2586-2588

  Branda, Richard F ^a,b   Lafayette, Amy R ^a   O'Neill, J Patrick ^a   Nicklas, Janice A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; ETHYLNITROSOUREA; FOLIC ACID; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; MESYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; TIOGUANINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; EXON; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENE MUTATION; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALKYLATING AGENTS; ANIMALS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; ETHYL METHANESULFONATE; ETHYLNITROSOUREA; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THIOGUANINE;

EID: 0030737723     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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